Mary Boone
@boonewrites.bsky.social
Author of books for curious kids. 📕✏️📚 UNFATHOMABLE, FLYING FEMINIST, PEDAL PUSHER, SCHOOL OF FISH, BUGS FOR BREAKFAST and more.
❤️ the book ❤️!
Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit@jilanne.bsky.social · 3mo agoCatnip for readers who love unbelievable but true stories. Some are hilarious. Some horrifying. Some mystifying. Can be read straight through (like I did) or dipped into a chapter at a time. Remind me never to sit on a sting ray... @boonewrites.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social
What a thrill to have @jodywrites4kids.bsky.social stop by my Six Questions Blog. You can read it here: www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Six Questions with Jody Jensen Shaffer
Jody Jensen Shaffer is an award-winning poet and the author of more than 90 books of fiction and nonfiction for children, including Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story, The Last Day Julian was My ...
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Consider adding PEDAL PUSHER by @boonewrites.bsky.social & Lisa Anchin to your Women's History Month curriculum 📚 This picture book tells the story of feminist icon Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, who was the first woman to ride a bicycle around the world. tinyurl.com/3vnc9p55 #edusky #womenshistorymonth
How does author @taradairman.bsky.social know an idea will make a good book? 1. When it won’t leave her alone. 2. When it feels like something something she hasn't seen before. 3. When it feels like something she’s particularly qualified to write. Read more: www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Six Questions with Tara Dairman
Tara Dairman (she/they) writes middle-grade novels and picture books about kids with strong passions and big questions about the world. Tara’s books include The Girl from Earth’s End, the All Four Sta...
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Author @mwstories.bsky.social as grateful for the many ways in which members of the children’s community have helped him grow as a writer. Read more here: www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Six Questions with Michael Wang
Michael Wang is an author, designer, and avid plant enthusiast. His career began in graphic design, where he worked for many years before co-founding a design studio specializing in creating and curat...
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#kidlit #Author @costantia.bsky.social stopped by my Six Questions blog to talk about her new #picturebook, The Fig Tree, which explores the purpose of the Green Line that divides the island of Cyprus. www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Six Questions with Costantia Manoli
Costantia Manoli is the award winning author of Tomatoes in My Lunchbox, a Bookstagang Future Classic Picture Book 2022, a Kirkus Most Empowering Picture Book 2022 and an Ezra Jack Keats Writer’s Awar...
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Hey #librarians and #teachers — Want to support a great cause while getting a sweet deal? Bid! Bid! Bid! washingtonlibraryassociation.betterworld.org/auctions/wla...
Much of a writer’s success (or lack of success) is out of their hands. That's why #author Margaret Finnegan heeds this #writing advice: WRITE THE NEXT BOOK. Read more on my Six Questions blog! www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Six Questions with Margaret Finnegan
Margaret Finnegan’s latest middle grade novel is Spelling It Out (Atheneum Books for Young Readers). If she is not writing kid lit or teaching her students at Cal State LA, she is most likely walking ...
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I am doing a #teacher appreciation week #giveaway over on Instagram. Please send your teacher friends over to enter! www.instagram.com/boonewrites?...
Where does #kidlit #author Ha Dinh find inspiration? Everywhere, but especially from childhood memories, students she teaches, and her own children! Read more in this Six Questions interview www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Six Questions with Ha Dinh
Ha Dinh is a reading intervention specialist, former primary school teacher, mom, and author. She had been dreaming of writing children’s books since she first came to America as a kindergartener, but...
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Author @chelseatornetto.bsky.social‘s new picture book shows how the tiniest act of kindness can brighten an entire neighborhood. #kidlit #writing #writingcommunity www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Six Questions with Chelsea Tornetto
Chelsea Tornetto is an educator turned children’s book author (she taught 7th grade world geography for 17 years prior to writing for kids.) Chelsea has enjoyed writing rhyming poetry since she was a ...
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Girl Power for the win! #books #writers #picturebooks
Dawn Simon@dawnsimon.bsky.social · last yr.@boonewrites.bsky.social had a book giveaway, and I won a copy of Pedal Pusher: How One Woman's Bicycle Adventure Helped Change the World.💙 Written by Mary Boone and illustrated by Lisa Anchin, this PB biography is about Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, the 1st woman to ride a bicycle around the world.
Check out these most anticipated books! @viviankirkfield.bsky.social @boonewrites.bsky.social @namstwit @HelloMrsDinh @christinashawn.bsky.social @booksbycindy.bsky.social @jpuglow.bsky.social jpuglow.bsky.social Shifa Saltagi Safadi
My idea of a writer: someone interested in everything. —Susan Sontag #quotes #WritingCommunity
Reading Madeline as a kid mattered to @kdmaz.bsky.social She had cancer and she didn’t know of any other book that showed a little girl – like her - in the hospital. Representation matters. Read more on this week’s Six Questions blog! #kidlit #writers #writing www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Six Questions with Katie Mazeika
Katie Mazeika is an award-winning author and illustrator who can’t imagine a better job than making books. She loves creating characters that make an impression and specializes in telling stories base...
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“I would not be an author today, writing about books where children can see themselves- where books can serve as windows, mirrors, and sliding doors- if not for the books that I read.” Thanks for a great discussion @boonewrites.bsky.social & @suma-subramaniam.bsky.social
I love chatting with #kidlit authors about their #writing practices!
Dana Marie Miroballi@noshesthebear.bsky.social · last yr.Thank you @boonewrites.bsky.social for the feature. It was a nice opportunity to reflect on my timeline and experiences in the picture book writing world. #kidlit #WritingCommunity www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Such a glorious day! Thanks to @brickandmortar024.bsky.social and everyone who came to show support!
Brick & Mortar Books@brick-mortar.bsky.social · last yr.A big thank-you to Curtis Manley, @amyhevron.bsky.social, @boonewrites.bsky.social, and everyone who came out to support our joint picture book event yesterday! We learned all sorts of cool facts on everything from bison poo to coding to 1890s-era bicycles. 🤯
The key to being in a great writer? PLAY! Learn more from #kidlit #author Natasha Tripplett here: www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Six Questions with Natasha Tripplett
Natasha Tripplett lives in Northern California, where she writes from a tree house perched in a sycamore tree. Natasha is a Jamaican Jewish American author who is passionate about cultural representat...
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Hey #teachers and #homeschoolers - Check out this post for some fun activities that connect #stem and language arts learning!
Patricia Newman@patricianewman.bsky.social · last yr.For you #edusky! 👀 LitLinks: How bicycles make the shift between #STEM and #ELA easy! 🚲 patriciamnewman.com?p=12584 @boonewrites.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @lisaanchin.bsky.social #womeninhistory
I live in the PNW and write books for curious kids. I’d love to connect with more #writers #librarians #teachers #kidlit creators #parents and #picturebook #authors!
a boy and a girl are playing connecting game
ALT: a boy and a girl are playing connecting game
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Mary Boone got me to dig deep! Thanks, Mary, for your questions about inspiration, a favorite teacher, & takeaways from our new book, Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony, with Stacy Innerst! #creativity #inspiration #WomenArtists #abstractart #kidlit
Mary Boone@boonewrites.bsky.social · last yr.You can’t write a story until you know its heart. Author @lisaljrogers.bsky.social says she can’t find that heart until she emotionally connects to the story. #writing #kidlit www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Hey #writers, have any of you done a residency? How was that experience? #writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #writersky
You can’t write a story until you know its heart. Author @lisaljrogers.bsky.social says she can’t find that heart until she emotionally connects to the story. #writing #kidlit www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Six Questions with Lisa Rogers
Lisa Rogers became inspired to write for children during her career as an elementary school librarian. Her picture books have received multiple starred reviews and awards, including the Golden Kite Ho...
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Hey #Seattle - Amy, Curtis Manly and I are gathering to celebrate our new #kidlit books March 16 at @brickandmortar024.bsky.social Join us!
Amy Hevron@amyhevron.bsky.social · 2y agoHappy book birthday to Poo Pile on the Prairie! This book was a delight to write and illustrate. Check out all the cutie pies in this latest book from my Tiny Habitats series! #kidslit #kidlit #stem #bison #tinyhabitats @ssedlib.bsky.social
The #kidlit #writingcommunity is the best community! ❤️
Nadia Ali@nadiaawriter.bsky.social · last yr.To the following Writer's who champion Writers. Mary Boone - Six Questions @boonewrites.bsky.social Elizabeth Everrett -The Perfect Picture Book @elizabetheverett.bsky.social Tonnye Fletcher – PB Jamz @tonnyef.bsky.social Lauri Fortino - Frog on a Blog @laurifortino.bsky.social
Want to see a cute #littlefreelibrary? Check out this beauty I discovered in Salt Lake City. #booklover
